Owner's Guide

10
SETTING OVEN CONTROLS
OVEN BAKING
"Baking" means to cook foods such as cakes or casseroles by dry heat in a covered or uncovered pan. Roasting, often
confused with baking, means to cook meat in an uncovered pan.
Product Expectations
The cooking times and temperatures needed to bake a product may vary slightly from
your previously owned appliance
Baking Problems and
Solutions Chart (Below)
Baking Problems Causes Corrections
Cookies and
biscuits burn on
the bottom.
• Cookies and biscuits put into the
oven before the preheating time is
completed.
• Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature before placing
food in oven.
• Oven rack overcrowded. • Choose pan sizes that will permit 2-4" (5-10 cm) of air space on
all sides when placed in the oven.
• Dark pan absorbs heat too fast. • Use a medium-weight aluminum baking sheet.
Cakes too dark on
top or bottom.
• Cakes put into the oven before pre-
heating time (10 minutes approx.) is
completed.
• Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature before placing
food in the oven.
• Rack position too high or low. • Use proper rack position for baking needs.
• Oven too hot. • Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C lower than recommended.
Cakes not done in
the center.
• Oven too hot. • Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C lower than recommended.
• Incorrect pan size. • Use pan size suggested in recipe.
• Pan not centered in oven. • Use proper rack position and place pan so there is 2-4" (5-10 cm)
of space on all sides of pan.
Cakes not level.
• Wall oven not level. • Place a marked glass measuring cup lled with some water on the
center of the oven rack. If the water level is uneven, refer to the
installation instructions for leveling the range.
• Pan too close to oven wall or rack
overcrowded.
• Be sure to allow 2-4" (5-10 cm) of clearance on all sides of each
pan in the oven.
• Pan warped. • Do not use pans that are dented or warped.
• Oven light left on during baking
• Do not leave oven light on while baking
.
Foods not done
when cooking time
is up.
• Oven too cool. • Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C higher than suggested and bake
for the recommended time.
• Oven overcrowded. • Be sure to remove all pans from the oven except the ones to be
used for baking.
• Oven door opened too frequently. • Open oven door only after shortest recommended baking time.